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PEORIA -- A five-year-old boy died Friday after drowning in an apartment complex pool.Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood said Peoria police officers were…

All after-school activities are canceled at six Peoria schools amid today's unrest.

Long-time Rivermen owner Bruce Saurs died Thursday. The 88-year old is known as Peoria’s “Mr. Hockey”.Saurs first purchased the Peoria hockey team in 1989…

A Peoria teen arrested by police on Monday is the third suspect in the shooting death of a 20-year old man.

The future of the Village of Peoria Heights Fire Department includes a contract with the Peoria Fire Department.

Boosting graduation rates, reducing chronic absenteeism, filling an overabundance of teacher vacancies. Those are among the accomplishments Sharon Kherat lists when asked what makes her proudest of her tenure as Peoria Public Schools superintendent.

On this week’s episode of Out and About, host Jenn Gordon is joined by Chip Joyce to talk about the Peoria Players Theatre’s production of the musical “Sweet Charity.” With music by Cy Coleman, lyrics by Dorothy Fields and book by Neil Simon, Sweet Charity is a tender, poignant and consistently funny look at the adventures, or rather, misadventures in the ways of love encountered by the gullible and guileless lady known as Charity Hope Valentine - "the lady of the evening" who always gives her heart, and her earnings, to the wrong man. “Hey Big Spender,” “If My Friends Could See Me Now” and “There’s Gotta Be Something Better Than This” are just some of the well-known songs from this classic. The musical opens at Peoria Players Theatre tonight and continues with weekend performances through April 3. For tickets and information visit Peoria Players Theatre.

On this week’s episode of Out and About, Dr. Mae Gilliland Wright of ArtsPartners of Central Illinois talks with George Stelluto, Music Director of the Peoria Symphony Orchestra, and vocalist Debbie Wileman about the final concert of the PSO’s 125th season on Saturday, April 29 at Bradley University’s Renaissance Coliseum.

Convalescent plasma therapy is showing some early signs of success as a COVID-19 treatment.Dr. Teresa Lynch is interim department chair of internal…

Peoria's struggles with violence often start at home. But rather than looking at the issue as strictly a law enforcement problem, Peoria's violence should also be tackled as a public health crisis. That was the main takeaway at Thursday's meeting.